Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.9 on date 24-02-2009 and time 13:45:02 (UTC) in region Costa Siciliana centro settentrionale (Palermo)

A magnitude ML 1.9 earthquake occured in region: Costa Siciliana centro settentrionale (Palermo), on

  • 24-02-2009 13:45:02 (UTC)
  • 24-02-2009 14:45:02 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.1370, 13.7890 at 5 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV.

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The values of hypocentral coordinates and magnitude may be revised at a later time as more information becomes available.

Municipalities within 20 km from the epicenter

Distances are determinated based on the geographic coordintes of the (Istat).
Municipality Region Dist Inh Cum Inh
Campofelice di Roccella PA 18 7537 7537
Termini Imerese PA 18 26263 33800
Trabia PA 19 10505 44305

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
25 Km E of Bagheria (55387 inhabitants)
37 Km E of Palermo (674435 inhabitants)
76 Km NW of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
94 Km N of Agrigento (59770 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
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Locations history
Type Magnitude Date and Time (UTC) Latitude Longitude Depth (km) Published time (UTC) Author Location ID
Bulletin
Rev1000
Md 2.0
ML 1.9
2009-02-24
13:45:02
38.137 13.789 5 2014-10-21
12:27:13
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 746299
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2009-02-24 13:45:02 ± 0.2
Latitude 38.1370 ± 0.0090
Longitude 13.7890 ± 0.0069
Depth (km) 5 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-SISPICK
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 746299

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1000
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 632
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 7
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1166.2
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 250
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 5
Number of defining phases 5
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.18
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.23742
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.45236
Number of stations at which the event was observed 3
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 3
Magnitudes information

ML:1.9

Field Value
Value 1.9
Uncertainty 0.0
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 746299
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 14:06:46

Md:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 746299
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 14:06:46
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.ALJA.HHE. 2009-02-24T13:45:17.49 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 184 43.1235 -0.145 50
IV.CORL.HHE. 2009-02-24T13:45:12.47 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 238 50.2164 -0.03 76
IV.GIB.EHZ. 2009-02-24T13:45:11.95 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 128 26.3514 0.087 52
IV.ALJA.HHE. 2009-02-24T13:45:11.41 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 184 43.1235 0.148 100
IV.GIB.EHZ. 2009-02-24T13:45:07.81 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 128 26.3514 -0.122 78
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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